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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character relays the main narrative in Poem Four?
2. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?
3. Where is the lady in orange from?
4. What do the remainder of the characters say in Poem Five keeps them from crying and dying?
5. In Poem Seven, which character says,"tubes tables white washed windows/ grime from age wiped over once"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is dance used in Poem Three?
2. What happened to the main character's "stuff" in Poem Seventeen?
3. What contrasts are made in Poem Fifteen?
4. Describe the character in Poem Fourteen.
5. Why does the lady in green call on white women and other men in Poem Seventeen?
6. Describe the imagery and language in Poem Nineteen. Describe the rage in Poem Nineteen.
7. How does Ntozake Shange juxtapose the images in Poems Six and Seven?
8. How did the lady in red discover God?
9. Describe the language used in Poem Nine.
10. How does the final poem sum up the dramatic and thematic journey of the play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the songs and music in the play? Why do you think the author chose these particular songs? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
How does the author portray African American culture in the play? What is significant about her portrayal? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the play, the lady in brown's final words are, "This is for colored girls who have considered suicide/but are movin to the ends of their own rainbow." What does this statement mean? What do colored girls have to do in order to move "to the ends of their own rainbow"? What is required of them? Please use specific examples from the book.
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